Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Chrysler Group LLC ended its latest round of early retirement buyouts Friday for its UAW workers, but declined to say how many people accepted or how many people Chrysler hoped would take it.
CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract Factory wages aren't Detroit's problem, and strikes are very rare in the auto industry nowadays. The real issue is the job classifications (see top photo of Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW vs. the 1941 UAW-Ford contract below). Ford's UAW contract has lots of them, governing...
Glick Report (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This morning in a First on Fox Business I spoke to Ron Gettelfinger ,the UAW (United Auto Workers) president, about the UAW's vote against a deal with Ford. As you may recall on October 14th in a blog entitled, "Gettelfinger on Details of the UAW's Contract with Ford," I called the deal "lousy" for Ford [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It sure looks that way. The Detroit Free Press reports—without any commentary whatsoever—that six out of eight locals who’ve voted have rejected the deal. This despite the usual specter of United Auto Workers’ voter fraud/intimidation issue (contract votes are not subject to independent monitoring). To wit: “Details of tally not available” and “Number...
Hall of Record (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
SEARCH BLOG: AUTOMOBILES This is soooooo obvious that I'm absolutely certain that others have come to the same conclusion. In fact, I'll link to one of those below. The United Auto Workers have gotten 17.5% of GM's new stock . The United Auto Workers have gotten 55% of Chrysler's new stock . Chrysler and GM have gotten labor contract concessions from the UAW. UAW members now oppose concessions...
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... to justify an entire plant. However, when a future product plant was leaked out after the 2007 UAW contract was signed, it was assumed the new Chevy Orlando would join the Volt. After all, the Orlando shares the Delta platform with the Volt and Cruze. Following the announcement Monday of the investment in the Detroit factory to build the Volt, The Detroit News believes it has learned that...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... to justify an entire plant. However, when a future product plant was leaked out after the 2007 UAW contract was signed, it was assumed the new Chevy Orlando would join the Volt. After all, the Orlando shares the Delta platform with the Volt and Cruze. Following the announcement Monday of the investment in the Detroit factory to build the Volt, The Detroit News believes it has learned that...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
MICKEY KAUS: “It’s now clear that the fate of even unionized auto workers will vary with the success or failure of their individual employers. They’re back to competing against each other, not just against the “bosses.” … P.S.: Too bad the GM and Chrysler bailouts, with their minimal UAW contract concessions, may have given [...]
1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Gettelfinger says failed Ford pact worth modest price David Barkholz Automotive News | November 2, 2009 – 4:29 pm EST DETROIT — UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said today that the Ford-UAW contract modifications rejected overwhelmingly by Ford’s 41,000 hourly U.S. workers would have saved the automaker just $30 million. In a phone interview, Gettelfinger said he pushed the modest concessions...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... support in the shares today.”Rick Anderson, 37, of Southfield, who voted against the proposed UAW contract changes with Ford and works at the Ford Rouge complex in Dearborn: “I want to comment on the weak UAW leadership, who was trying to force something down our throats,” he said. “Why couldn’t they have waited one week, so we could have gotten a real clear picture? I made the right decision...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... support in the shares today.”Rick Anderson, 37, of Southfield, who voted against the proposed UAW contract changes with Ford and works at the Ford Rouge complex in Dearborn: “I want to comment on the weak UAW leadership, who was trying to force something down our throats,” he said. “Why couldn’t they have waited one week, so we could have gotten a real clear picture? I made the right decision...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Palemon Posey, 46, of Detroit, who voted against the proposed UAW contract changes with Ford and works at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Detroit: "We know they are making a profit, and then for them to come to us like they did and offer us $1,000 for not striking? It would have put us in a position that, come contract time, we would have had no leverage to negotiate."
Daily Grit by Wes Thorp (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Ford Motor Company has a $997 third quarter profit, according to this morning's Detroit Free Press. They received no government aid and they didn't go bankrupt like GM and Chrysler. What's the difference? Why was Ford able to do it and not the others? Management? UAW contracts? Karma?
